You Say Temptation Like It's a Bad Thing

Picture a man-eating lion with a steel chain around his neck tethered to a steel spike driven deeply into the ground. That's temptation.

Imagine that one day you're out on a walk when seemingly out of nowhere this lion, a 500-pound predatory, flesh-ripping machine, suddenly lunges at you! After the paralyzing shock and horror wears off, you realize the lion, being limited by his chain, is a good 20 feet away. After taking a brief moment to thank God that you still have all four limbs and a torso, you run away from the lion as fast as humanly possible. From this day on, you are aware the lion is out there.

I try to emotionally prepare myself for meeting the lion again and again, telling myself he's tethered and can only charge so far. Looking at his majestic beauty and strength from a distance, I'm mesmerized and begin to think to myself, "I wonder just how close I can get to this unbelievable beast and still remain safe?" Each time I walk that road and come upon the lion, I curiously inch closer and closer. Each time he thrusts himself at me, I become keenly more aware that unless I move into his sphere of death, I will remain unharmed. All of a sudden, I feel empowered, in control and maybe even a slight twinge

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Encouraging Bible Verses For Christian Tshirts

When trying to come up with a theme or idea for a Christian tshirt, you might want to spend some time in the Word researching a topic. For no other reason for some inspiration, picking several bible verses that focus in on what you want your tshirt design to convey will come in handy down the road. Here is a sampling of some great bible verses on encouraging one another. You could come up with about a dozen visuals on just this one topic.

1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Hebrews 10:23-25
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

1 Peter 4:8-10
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:

Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

Hebrews 10:24-25
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Always start with a strong biblical base using a common topic like encouragement

Galatians 6:2
Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Hebrews 10:25
Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.

1 Corinthians 2:1-16
And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. ...

Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

ORBC Christian Tshirt Retro Look

ORBC front, a photo by redroofventures on Flickr.

This is a front design of a really cool looking retro design brought to you by youthgrouptshirts and redroofventures. This design was printed back in 2007 showing us just how long this company has been producing quality Christian tshirts for youth groups and churches.

Printed on a woodland camo tshirt makes this even more unique. The bright athletic gold imprint with black outline really makes the design pop.

If you are looking for a great tshirt company that has been focussing on youth ministry for over 25 years you really need to check out these folks. If you want to see more unique designs, spend an hour or so checking out their over 1,000 design on their flickr account. Click the pic for that link. If you are a youth professional and you are looking for a design and you don't have big bucks for a custom design, be sure and check out their over 500 template designs. Still can't find what you want? Try mixing elements from different Christian tshrits to make an original.

Retro Christian Tshirt Design

woodland camo, a photo by redroofventures on Flickr.

This is such a fun design for a Christian tshirt. The front of this shirt is equally as cool, and we will post it next. This verse, "The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10

Printed on woodland camo, making this one of the most original Christian tshirts that we have seen. If you check out the link on the picture, it will take you to the flickr feed of over 1,000 of the most original Christian tshirts on the web. Produced by youthgrouptshirts and redroofventures, this company has been servicing Christian youth pastors and ministries for a bunch of years. We love to scope out their designs. They also have over 500 template designs to help save youth groups mega bucks.

Faith Hope and Love Christian Tshirt

back of st joes, a photo by redroofventures on Flickr.

Faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is love. Really fun Christian tshirt brought to you by youthgrouptshirts.com. It is a great site to check out. Over 1,000 actual flickr pictures of real tshirts printed.

These Christian tshirts are printed with the finest detail to quality. If you need ideas for a Christian tshirt design be sure and check out all of their template designs.

Whatever Popular Christian Tshirt

A very cool two color imprinted Christian tshirt seen as one of the popular designs at youthgrouptshirts.com. Commonly called, "Whatever", this designed has been used as a spring break reatreat tshirt, a youth camp tshirt, a dnow tshirt, and a girls lock in tshirt. The text on this graphic can be changed at no additonal charge to the customer.

These template designs are very economical to youth groups and really any church group. The savings is in the design aspect of the process. When you design a custom or one off design, many hours are spent in tweaking all of the elements that the customer desires. There is nothing wrong with the custom design, it is just considerably more expensive. This design can be change in a myriad different ways. Color of tshirt, color of inks, and of course the text can be changed. Additional costs may be incurred for some of these changes. It has been a really popular choice. The picture clicked is a link to the website and order blank as well as an actual picture of a screen printed tshirt.

Falls Creek Christian Tshirt

This Christian tshirt design was created for the Falls Creek Encampment in Oklahoma several years ago. The design's text can be changed to satisfy the customer's event. The drop in text is added at no charge. The design is a one color design pictured on a black 100% cotton tshirt. The design can be printed on another color tshirt and can be printed with another color ink. Additional text can be added at no charge.

The price of the tshirt is determined by the quantity of the entire job. Additional printing options are available which include: fashion tshirt upgrade, additional location added, size of the image is also adjustable. 

Turn around on this design is quicker than producing a custom design and is priced to help most youth and church groups. Youthgrouptshirts.com is an experienced Christian tshirt company with over 25 years experience with churches and youth groups. If custom work is desired, a design can be developed. Clicking the picture will take you to an order page with youthgrouptshirts.com